Out of office until 19th May 2025.
At our office on Mary St. Mullingar, we take in donations of NEW handmade items to sell and raise funds for our local hospice services. If you knit/crochet/paint etc.... and would like an outlet for your creativity, we would be very happy to receive your items as a gift to hospice. See contact details on the Home page.
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The North Westmeath Hospice CLG is a member of the Together for Hospice Group, which is the national fundraising body for 24 specialist hospice and palliative care providers in Ireland. All money raised at each hospice stays with their local hospice services. Every euro raised locally, stays locally.
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Draw took place on 2nd August 2024 & the Winner was Phil Kiernan.
Thank you to all who participated and helped to raise €4650 for local hospice services. Well done.
We had a wonderful day, thank you to the organisers of the parade/festival & thank you to all who supported us along the way!
2025
2024 in pictures
This year's coffee morning will yet again be in September, on the Market Square Mullingar.
Thank you all for your continued support of your local hospice homecare services. We wish to thank our wonderful coffee morning hosts, who continue to support us by hosting their own events in the community, we couldn't do it without you! If you would like to be a host, please contact us at info@northwestmeathhospice.ie
The launch of our Coffee morning 2024, was on 10th Sept at the office on Mary St. Thank you to Actress Tina Kellegher our wonderful hospice Ambassador, pictured above with committee members.
Thank you for your loyal support of the North Westmeath Hospice in 2024, we had a wonderful collection day. This year the collection dates are 6th & 7th June. More details to follow!
All donations directly help your local hospice palliative care team. We are extremely grateful for your ongoing support.
Media release April 2024
HOST A HOSPICE SUNFLOWER FUN DAY THIS JUNE & HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR NORTH WESTMEATH HOSPICE
Schools, Pre-Schools, Montessori’s and Creches from Westmeath and beyond can support North Westmeath Hospice by hosting a Hospice Sunflower Fun Day this June to coincide with Hospice Sunflower Days
Together for Hospice, The National Hospice Movement is delighted to announce that Hospice Sunflower Days is returning for its 34th year this June and as part of this year’s campaign they are calling on schools, pre-schools, Montessori’s and creches throughout the country to take part and host their own Hospice Sunflower Fun Day to help raise vital funds for their local hospice or homecare service.
To launch the new initiative Hospice Sunflower Days Ambassador, Maia Dunphy, enjoyed a fun morning at her son Tom’s school, St. Christopher’s Primary School, Ballsbridge, Dublin for the very first Hospice Sunflower Fun Day. Maia, and all at St. Christopher’s, are encouraging other schools, pre-schools, Montessori’s and creches across the country to get involved by hosting their own Hospice Sunflower Fun Day this June to raise vital funds for their local hospice service.
Participating schools, pre-schools, Montessori’s and creches will pick a date in June to host a Hospice Sunflower Fun Day inviting their students to wear something yellow and asking families to make a €2 donation, or whatever they can afford, with all funds raised going directly to their local hospice or homecare service. As a thank you for taking part in the initiative, schools, pre-schools, Montessori’s and creches will be provided with a Hospice Sunflower Fun Day pack which will include resources for the day, sunflower seeds for the children to plant, some helpful planting tips as well as fun sunflower themed colouring pages to enjoy!
Hospice Sunflower Days Ambassador, Maia Dunphy, said, “I’ve had a brilliant morning here at St. Christopher’s Primary School and all the students and staff had great fun dressing up in yellow, and planting their seeds to mark this new initiative! You too can get involved and join the fun by registering online at www.sunflowerdays.ie to take part in your own Sunflower Fun Day this June and remember every euro raised locally stays locally so you really are making a difference at a local level.”
Speaking about the new initiative, Teresa Collentine, Executive, North Westmeath Hospice, commented, “We are delighted that the Hospice Sunflower Days campaign is returning for its 34th year this June and we are calling on all schools, pre-schools, Montessori’s and creches from the area to get involved by hosting their own Hospice Sunflower Fun Day to help to raise vital funds for our services allowing us to continue to provide care and support to our patients and their families.”
Hospices nationwide need to raise approximately €20 million each year to provide their patient centred care and as our population ages, demand for specialist hospice and palliative homecare services continues to grow. In 2023 alone, Hospice services across Ireland cared for over 18,350 patients and their families, a 6% increase on 2022 figures, and made over 87,000 specialist palliative homecare visits to patient's homes, a 2% increase on 2022 figures.
Together for Hospice coordinates the national Hospice Sunflower Days campaign and allfunds raised play a vital role in supporting hospices to continue caring for patients and their families nationwide, with every euro raised locally, staying locally. The funds raised allow hospices to innovate, build new facilities, develop new services, and deliver quality improvements and extra benefits for their patients and their family members.
Together for Hospice represents 26 Hospice and specialistpalliative home care providers across Ireland and exists to bring Ireland’s hospice sector together so that everyone in every community has access to exceptional care.
For further information on how your school, pre-school, Montessori or creche can register to take part and host a Hospice Sunflower Fun Day to support North Westmeath Hospice this June simply log onto www.sunflowerdays.ie You can also help by supporting the Hospice Sunflower Days on-street collections that will taking place on Friday, 7th and Saturday, 8th June 2024.
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We will have a stand at the Disability & Older persons event in Bloomfield House Hotel on 19th May 2025 from 10 to 2: in particular, we will be available to discuss the Think Ahead Planning pack with you. In the meantime, if you wish to contact the Irish Hospice Foundation directly at the link below, to get your pack prior to the event, so you can familiarise yourself with the content.
Advance Care Planning packs are now available online, directly from the Irish Hospice Foundation at the following email address; http://thinkahead.ie at a cost of approx €5 excluding postage.
If you need any further information on this topic, please contact us at info@northwestmeathhospice.ie
We are more than happy to assist you.
Remember your loved ones at Mullingar’s Remembrance Tree
The Mullingar Rotary Club together with the North Westmeath Hospice CLG, once again hosted the annual Remembrance Tree event at Dominick Place, Mullingar. Members of the public were invited to place a remembering card at the tree, to represent the precious thoughts of a loved one. This year the National Science Park in Mullingar, donated the new tree for this event. We also had a new hut for the comfort of volunteers and the general public. Thank you to all who supported this event for local charities. €14,690 was donated by the public, with half of that shared with the North Westmeath Hospice CLG for their local services.
It is a major fundraising initiative for both the North Westmeath Hospice CLG and The Rotary Club, to help with their work for the local Hospice and for local charities. A Mass & a Service are usually held in January for all those whose names have been placed on the remembering cards.
Cheque presentation from Mullingar Rotary Club to the North Westmeath Hospice CLG.
